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DNP Writing: Finding Books

Nursing Books @ Staley Library

In the Library of Congress system, books about nursing and other medical topics are given an "R" call number.

All books with "R" call numbers are located on the 2nd floor.

  • R (Medicine [General])
  • R 131 - 687 (History of Medicine)
  • R 723 - 726 (Medical Philosophy)
  • RA 407 - 409.5 (Health Status Indicators, Medical Statistics)
  • RA 565 - 600 (Environmental Health)
  • RA 643 - 645 (Disease, [Communicable & Noninfectious] & Public Health)
  • RA 645.5 - 645.9 (Emergency Medical Services)
  • RA 1190 - 1270 (Toxicology. Poisons)
  • RC 31 - 1245 (Internal Medicine)
  • RC 1200 - 1245 (Sports Medicine)
  • RD 1 - 811(Surgery)
  • RE 1 - 994 (Ophthalmology)
  • RF 1 - 547 (Otorhinolaryngology)
  • RG 1 - 991 (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • RJ 1 - 570 (Pediatrics)
  • RM 1 - 950 (Therapeutics. Pharmacology)
  • RT 1 - 120 (Nursing)
  • RX 1 - 681 (Homeopathy)
  • RZ 201 - 999 (Chiropractic, Osteopathy...)

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Finding Nursing Books in the Online Catalog

To search for books on a nursing or medical topic owned by Staley Library, use the Millikin Library Discovery search box on our homepage:

1)  Type your search terms into the catalog search box and click "Find."

Search for "caring in nursing"

2) Take a look at your search results and identify a result that potentially addresses your research question. In Millikin Library Discovery, the default search is "Search Starter," which includes both book and article results. If you want to limit to books, use the "Tweak Your Results" facet on the left side of the screen and click "Resource Type- Books."

Resource Type- Books

3) Then, click on the title of a book you are interested in to see more information and to request it (clicking on the tack icon will add the book to your favorites list if you sign in to your account using your Millikin username and password).

Book titles related to "caring in nursing" search

In the section labeled details, below the brief information about the book, you will see the table of contents and other information.

Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health sciences

Book details

4) Follow these directions to place a request for the book (if you are not already signed in, do so now by clicking "sign in" and then entering your Millikin username and password). If you want to locate the book in the stacks yourself:

Check the call number and the status.

Book status and location

Call numbers: Rs are on the 2nd floor of the library. See the "Call Numbers" tab for more explanation of how Library of Congress call numbers work.

Status: Available means it is here, and available for checkout.

E-books: If you see the status of "Available Online" and no call number, click on the title of the item, then on "view full text" to access the text of the book.

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